Comments on: I See Nothing… I Smell Nothing… http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/ Sun, 27 May 2012 08:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Don X http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216600 Don X Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:18:25 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216600 Good cartoon and topic, Pat. The fact many people ignore things they don't want to see or get involved with is well documented. How many times have we read about or seen stories on TV about people being beaten to death while passersby continued on their way with little more than a casual glance? How often do people stop to help when they pass a car accident on a street? Don't get involved. Let them call the auto club. Let a good Samaritan do it. I'm late for work or an appointment. Is society becoming callous to the suffering of others? How many times do people toss in the trash a plea for a contribution from an organization working to help starving children? Whether it's in Africa or the Appalachia or on an Indian reservation? Let someone else help out. Let them help themselves. I can't afford it. Excuses, excuses.... Good cartoon and topic, Pat. The fact many people ignore things they don’t want to see or get involved with is well documented. How many times have we read about or seen stories on TV about people being beaten to death while passersby continued on their way with little more than a casual glance? How often do people stop to help when they pass a car accident on a street? Don’t get involved. Let them call the auto club. Let a good Samaritan do it. I’m late for work or an appointment. Is society becoming callous to the suffering of others? How many times do people toss in the trash a plea for a contribution from an organization working to help starving children? Whether it’s in Africa or the Appalachia or on an Indian reservation? Let someone else help out. Let them help themselves. I can’t afford it. Excuses, excuses….

]]> By: Marvin http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216307 Marvin Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:59:57 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216307 Great analogy, Pat! The cartoon just kills me (pun intended)! :)) Great analogy, Pat!

The cartoon just kills me (pun intended)! :) )

]]> By: Tricia Spiegel http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216279 Tricia Spiegel Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:28 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216279 LOL Barry 0351--That is certainly it in the fewest words possible! LOL Barry 0351–That is certainly it in the fewest words possible!

]]> By: Pat Racimora http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216277 Pat Racimora Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:38:35 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216277 Ah, I have been to New York, had a <strong>great </strong>time, but I am not a New Yorker. Thanks for the lesson. Ah, I have been to New York, had a great time, but I am not a New Yorker. Thanks for the lesson.

]]> By: Barry 0351 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216248 Barry 0351 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:16:12 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216248 It's called, Lack of giveashit. It’s called, Lack of giveashit.

]]> By: Joanie in Brooklyn http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216203 Joanie in Brooklyn Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:47:18 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216203 What I'm trying to tell you is that in NYC there is no such thing as a "traffic cop" regardless of the characterization of the woman in the article. The NYPD occasionally may direct traffic. That usually occurs in heavily trafficked intersections at certain times of the day, or perhaps if there's an accident or if a traffic signal stops working. They also sometimes set up check points to find drunk drivers. The NYPD issues all moving violations such as speeding tickets, driving without a seatbelt and driving while talking on a cell phone w/o a headset. To the extent that actual police officers write parking tickets, it is incidental to something else. As part of Guiliani's crackdown on crime, he got the officers out of their cruisers and put them on foot on the street in certain areas. Bloomberg continued this iniative. Now some of these foot patrol officers may account for a portion of the parking tickets written but parking tickets is just not what the NYPD does. Those people in the blue uniforms in the blue cars writing tickets are NOT NYPD, they're traffic dept; if you accost them, they can't arrest you, they have to get in their cars and try to escape your wrath. Any real New Yorker knows that. What I’m trying to tell you is that in NYC there is no such thing as a “traffic cop” regardless of the characterization of the woman in the article. The NYPD occasionally may direct traffic. That usually occurs in heavily trafficked intersections at certain times of the day, or perhaps if there’s an accident or if a traffic signal stops working. They also sometimes set up check points to find drunk drivers.

The NYPD issues all moving violations such as speeding tickets, driving without a seatbelt and driving while talking on a cell phone w/o a headset.

To the extent that actual police officers write parking tickets, it is incidental to something else. As part of Guiliani’s crackdown on crime, he got the officers out of their cruisers and put them on foot on the street in certain areas. Bloomberg continued this iniative. Now some of these foot patrol officers may account for a portion of the parking tickets written but parking tickets is just not what the NYPD does.

Those people in the blue uniforms in the blue cars writing tickets are NOT NYPD, they’re traffic dept; if you accost them, they can’t arrest you, they have to get in their cars and try to escape your wrath. Any real New Yorker knows that.

]]> By: Linda Anselmi http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216175 Linda Anselmi Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:07:43 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216175 Great post Pat. Sadly I think we have moved beyond malaise or passivity. We are no longer just lazy and ignorant, we are willfully and justifiably so. That means getting us to change as a society will take more than gentle nudging. Great post Pat.

Sadly I think we have moved beyond malaise or passivity. We are no longer just lazy and ignorant, we are willfully and justifiably so. That means getting us to change as a society will take more than gentle nudging.

]]> By: Solara 9 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216155 Solara 9 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216155 Pat--Please do a cartoon specifically on the boiling frog syndrome. That is an important concept that kind of got stuck behind that poor man in the car. It is worth its own story. Pat–Please do a cartoon specifically on the boiling frog syndrome. That is an important concept that kind of got stuck behind that poor man in the car. It is worth its own story.

]]> By: Rich http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216135 Rich Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:12:30 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216135 I love your cartoons. Rich I love your cartoons.

Rich

]]> By: Rich http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216133 Rich Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:11:10 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216133 I sometimes cannot see what is in front of my face in the refrigerator especially if something is not where I expect it to be or if we changed brands and I am looking for the old brand of mustard. We also do not see in ourselves what others see or we do not see in loved ones or someone we need to see in a specific light, who they really are and instead insist that they are who we need them to be. In fact eye whiteness identification is often very unreliable. Therefore just because you think you see something does not make it accurate. Rich I sometimes cannot see what is in front of my face in the refrigerator especially if something is not where I expect it to be or if we changed brands and I am looking for the old brand of mustard.

We also do not see in ourselves what others see or we do not see in loved ones or someone we need to see in a specific light, who they really are and instead insist that they are who we need them to be.

In fact eye whiteness identification is often very unreliable. Therefore just because you think you see something does not make it accurate.

Rich

]]> By: Pat Racimora http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216127 Pat Racimora Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:02:05 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216127 Joanie--I used the "traffic cop" image because the stories all read that way. To wit: The daughter of a man whose badly decomposed body was found inside a minivan said Thursday <strong>traffic cops</strong> should have noticed her father over the several weeks they covered the vehicle in parking tickets. Joanie–I used the “traffic cop” image because the stories all read that way. To wit:

The daughter of a man whose badly decomposed body was found inside a minivan said Thursday traffic cops should have noticed her father over the several weeks they covered the vehicle in parking tickets.

]]> By: Pat Racimora http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216126 Pat Racimora Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:00:20 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216126 Joanie, I used the "cops" image because the stories all read that was. To wit: The daughter of a man whose badly decomposed body was found inside a minivan said Thursday <strong>traffic cops</strong> should have noticed her father over the several weeks they covered the vehicle in parking tickets. Joanie, I used the “cops” image because the stories all read that was. To wit:

The daughter of a man whose badly decomposed body was found inside a minivan said Thursday traffic cops should have noticed her father over the several weeks they covered the vehicle in parking tickets.

]]> By: Peggy Sue http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216114 Peggy Sue Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:40:04 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216114 Wow! So, this was a case of dead man rotting. You'd think the smell alone would have tipped the cops off. Great, sad analogy, Pat. How many "see no evil" passes will it take before the country itself disintegrates? Sad days ahead of us, I'm afraid. Thought-provoking piece and a great toon, too. Wow! So, this was a case of dead man rotting. You’d think the smell alone would have tipped the cops off.

Great, sad analogy, Pat. How many “see no evil” passes will it take before the country itself disintegrates?

Sad days ahead of us, I’m afraid.

Thought-provoking piece and a great toon, too.

]]> By: foxyladi14 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216102 foxyladi14 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:23:55 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216102 absolutely ridiculous. absolutely ridiculous.

]]> By: foxyladi14 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/25799/i-see-nothing%e2%80%a6-i-smell-nothing%e2%80%a6/#comment-1216099 foxyladi14 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:17:01 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=25799#comment-1216099 lol..... lol…..

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